ostentatious exhibition

  • 1show — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exhibit, display; explain, teach; demonstrate, prove, guide, escort; appear, stand out. See evidence, disclosure. n. display, exhibition, play, entertainment, pageant, spectacle; pomp, ostentation;… …

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  • 2parade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. show, display, pageant[ry]; march, procession; ostentation, pretension. v. show, display; march; air, vent; flaunt, show off. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A procession] Syn. march, spectacle, ceremony,… …

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  • 3display — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. show, exhibition; pomp, ostentation. v. t. show, manifest, exhibit, disclose; flaunt, show off. See evidence, appearance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Pretentious show] Syn. affectation, pretension,… …

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  • 4spectacle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sight, phenomenon, pageant, parade, show; exhibition, scene, display. See appearance, ostentation, drama. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scene, representation, exhibition; see display 2 , view 1 . • make a… …

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  • 5array — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clothing, apparel; host, multitude; arrangement. See assemblage, ostentation, continuity, order. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Formal order] Syn. design, pattern, arrangement; see …

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  • 6panoply — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. full armor, regalia, arms, arsenal, protection, shield; pageantry, pomp, ostentation; array, spread, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. covering, shield, protection, garb, array, display, show; see… …

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  • 7pomp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grandeur, show, ostentation, magnificence, display, splendor. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. grandeur, pageantry, ceremony, magnificence, affectation, splendor; see also glory 2 , grandeur , ostentation 2 .… …

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  • 8airing — n. 1. Ride, drive, walk, promenade, stroll, excursion, out door exercise. 2. Exposure to air, admission of air, ventilation. 3. Display, ostentatious exhibition, free exposure, diffusion …

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  • 9show — showable, adj. showless, adj. /shoh/, v., showed, shown or showed, showing, n. v.t. 1. to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display. 2. to present or perform as a public entertainment or spectacle: to show a movie. 3. to indicate; point out: to …

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  • 10ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …

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